pot
- noun
- /pɑt/
- Jargon
- After much suspense, the dealer revealed the winner of the pot at the poker table.
- a pot of money
- a big pot
So that your fear when you're playing out of pot.
- So that your fear when you're playing out of pot.
Examples
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DEALER: Mr. Maverick wins the pot.
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"Full house," Chick says, and rakes in the pot before he sees my cards.
Fiction book (1990) -
No one's there with a big money pot for you.
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You then get the pot of cash, go to a pub.
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Just 200 for the pot.
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Does your previous winnings become part of that pot you can dig into?
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They're getting up a pot for Martin's wife.
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In the final round of the tournament, players were eager to win the pot worth thousands of dollars.
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With each round, the pot grew larger, attracting more players looking to gamble.
Synonyms
The total money bet by all players for the winner to take
Money collected from a group for a game or to pay shared costs
An amount of money saved or collected for a purpose
Idioms
- Offensive
Tell someone in a rude way to decide now or stop wasting time
Compounds
- US
A large piece of beef slow cooked in liquid in a covered pot with vegetables like carrots and potatoes
- Informal
A place where people from different cultures mix and become one community
- US
Liquid left in a pot after cooking vegetables or meat that is used as a base for soup
- Specialized
A device with a piston that moves through liquid or air to slow sudden movement in machines
- Specialized
A small heatproof bowl made of bone ash to separate metals like gold or silver during testing
A spicy soup with cow tripe, vegetables, and pepper often with dumplings
- US
A mild soft white cheese that comes from milk curds, often used as a spread or in cooking
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Etymology
Pot for the money in a game comes from the same picture: players put their bets into a shared 'pot', and the word then grew to mean the total money to win. So the pot is the pool of chips or cash everyone is trying to take.